This quarterly report outlines key performance data on Australia’s foreign investment framework from 1 January to 31 March 2026.

Key points

• Approved commercial investment proposals totalled $79.7 billion across 311 proposals.
• Singapore was the largest source country by value ($16.0 billion), followed by the United States ($12.5 billion), United Arab Emirates ($10.1 billion), Netherlands ($2.4 billion) and Germany ($2.2 billion).
• Services was the largest sector by value ($42.5 billion), followed by commercial real estate ($21.8 billion), and manufacturing, electricity and gas ($9.7 billion).
• Approved residential real estate investment proposals totalled $1.0 billion across 663 proposals.
• Treasury’s median processing time for approved commercial investment proposals was 35 days.
• The Australian Taxation Office’s median processing time for approved residential real estate proposals was 15 days.

This report covers

• The number and value of commercial and residential investment proposals
• Source countries and investment by industry sector
• Median processing times
• National security reviews (mandatory and voluntary)
• Compliance, audit and investigation activity
• Methodology, caveats and a glossary of key terms